I visited Assembly Summer 2010 computer festival this weekend. There were many interesting multimedia presentations shown there and some interesting seminars. Check the competition results and view the winners easily on Assembly Summer 2010 gallery and more on YouTube. Check also Future Crew documentary. In the seminars Andreas Jakl from Nokia presented material on programming →
Assembly Summer 2010 is Finland’s largest computer festival. It takes place in Helsinki 5th to 8th of August 2010 at the Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland. ASSEMBLY is a computer festival, a demo party and a LAN party all rolled into one. It is four day party running 24h/day for computer hobbyists. ASSEMBLY is a four →
HDMI cabling is already an area in which confusion drives people to spend more than they need to. In many ways HDMI has revolutionized the way we connect devices. By unifying video and audio into a single cable manufacturers have been able to make their products easier to setup than ever before. But HDMI was →
WARNING: 3D Video Hazardous to Your Health headline is a bit sensational. But it is not the only one this kind of headline. The 3D Video Hazardous to Your Health article tells that prolonged viewing of 3D video may be even more harmful than the consumer electronics industry wants you to know. Especially for children. →
A quite typical audio/visual presentation equipment nowdays in many setups includes PC, video projector, audio mixer, amplifier and speakers. Typically you run presentation software through our laptop to a projector and the audio from mics, pianos, guitars, etc to a mixer and then to power amps then to the speakers. The problem many people are →
Ground loop can cause considerable currents to flow on all cables on the loop. It is not uncommon to have a voltage of 1V RMS between the earth connections of power outlets that are wired separately back to the switchboard. This small voltage, with a total resistance of perhaps 0.2-0.5 Ohm, will cause a loop →
Optical networking is transforming the broadcast studio. The continued transition to HDTV within the professional broadcast industry, the advent of 1080p50/60 production, D-Cinema production and higher resolution / bit depth formats, are all factors driving the widespread adoption and build out of 3G SDI capable broadcast infrastructure. Optical SDI Networks: Broadcasters Beware! 2010 NAB Show →
If you’re watching the World Cup or just seen few clips on the news, you’ve no doubt learned about the vuvuzela, a buzzing horn capable of drowning out TV announcers. There are are many people who want to to filter the vuvuzela buzz from your World Cup broadcasts. Anti Vuvuzela Filter marketed article tells that →
I have written a lot of on electret microphone connections on my Powering microphones document. Here are some additions to my documents on electret microphones I found at SANKEN Basis of Wiring Method web page. The first circuit diagram shows the traditional “2 wire” method of wiring an electret capsule. Practically all electrets I have →
Nokia‘s Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki just recently told that Cell Phone Cameras Will Replace DSLRs. Reuters put out news Nokia exec: phones to make system cameras obsolete which says that according to Nokia sales chief fast developing cameraphone technology will shortly make SLR system cameras and even professional cameras obsolete. It was even claimed →